Railroad-rail joint



(No Model.)

J. A.4 ENO.

lRAILROAD RAIL JOINT.

No. 276,792. l 'Patented MayV 1,1833.

i /IW 4 V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. ENO, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RAILROAD-RAIL'JOINT.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,792, dated May 1,1883.

Application filed January 16, lesa. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. ENO, ofNew-` ark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Railroad-RailJoints; andIdo hereby declare that thefollowing` is a full, clear, and exact description of the inventin,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference beinghad to the accom panyin gdrawings, which form apart of this specication, and in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of my improved railroad-rail join t. Fig.l 2 is acrosssection ofthe same, and Figs. 3 and et are de-` tail views. Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thegures.

My invention has relation to railroad-rail joints, and it contemplatescertain improvements upon the rail-joints for which Letters Patent No.185,901 were granted to me January 2, 1877, as hereinafter more fullydescribed and l claimed.

` rests upon a chair, B.

In the accompanying'drawings, the letter A represents a railroad-rail,the foot of which This Vchair consists of a metallic plate, the sides Oof which are bent upward and curved downward at the edges D, formingbeads E upon their upper 4surface. These beads maybe smooth orcorrugated, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4., and project into grooves, F, inthe angular sh-plates G, which grooves may also be either smooth orcorrugated. Thefish-plates are fastened upon both sides of the rails, atthe joint,- by means of nutted bolts H, and are angular in crosssection.Thelower tianges, I, of the fish-plates are turned downward and inwardat their edges J, catching in under the bent edges D of the chair insuch a manner that when the up- 4o joint is easily put together and aseasily separated, and that by drawing the nuts tight upon the bolts thejoint clamps the ends ofthe rails immovably.

VHaving thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters `Patent ot the United States- 1. The combination of the chairB., having upward-bent sides C, forming beads E, the edges D of whichare bent outward and'downward, angular fish -plates G, having down wardand inward bent edges J, and nutted bolts II, substantially as and forthe purpose shown and set forth.

2. In the above-described railroad-rail joint, the combination of thechair B, 4the sides O of which form' beads E, with the fish-plates G,the lower downward and inward turned flanges, I, of which form groovesF, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. ENO.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL A. GANFIELD, JOHN S. YOUNG.

